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Topic: Apollo 11 in Real Time (Ben Feist website)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54580
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-16-2019 08:32 AM
   
collectSPACE New website replays Apollo 11 first moon landing mission in real timeWith a single click, a new website can take you back 50 years and place you directly into the real-time action of the first moon landing mission. But if "Apollo 11 in Real Time" creator Ben Feist has gotten it right, you will want to click many more times than just once. "You can just let the mission unfold in front of you. However, if you choose to dig in, it's the most deep and wide rabbit hole of information I could muster," said Feist in an interview with collectSPACE. "I've tried to make it rewarding to explore."  |
AstroCasey
Member Posts: 97
From:
Registered: Feb 2019
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posted 06-21-2019 01:49 PM
I just checked this website out. Very incredible! I scrolled through various points in the mission and was amazed by the meticulous detail. This site had it all: videos, photographs, Mission Control audio, and transcripts.Apollo 11 in Real Time is a great way to experience the mission if you were not around in 1969 (or a great way to re-live if you were). While there has been no shortage of great books, magazines, models, documentaries, etc., for the 50th anniversary, watching the real thing unfold is one of the best ways to celebrate. Quite an achievement! |
Headshot
Member Posts: 1406
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 06-21-2019 03:55 PM
This is freakin awesome! |
JimSchultze
Member Posts: 21
From: Omaha, NE, USA
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 06-24-2019 09:06 AM
This link is amazing. Thanks, Robert, for the heads-up! |
jimsz
Member Posts: 644
From:
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 06-24-2019 10:12 AM
To have this site and the Apollo 17 site is amazing. What incredible work!I wonder if he will start/restart the "live" stream at the correct time on July 16? I for one would be watching the landing and moonwalk exactly 50 years later. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54580
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-24-2019 11:06 AM
Yes, beginning at T-20 hours to launch (on July 15), clicking on the "Now" button will sync the playback to the same moment 50 years ago. |
1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 469
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 06-24-2019 12:00 PM
Great stuff. If only NASA could learn from this. Their apps are not in the same league. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54580
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-24-2019 12:08 PM
NASA partially funded the creation of Apollo 11 in Real Time and provided support in its development. (The agency also recently hired Ben Feist to work on data management for the Planetary Geophysics and Geochemistry Lab at Goddard Space Flight Center and the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science division at Johnson Space Center.) |
1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 469
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 06-24-2019 12:27 PM
That's good to know. This website is just fantastic. To switch audio feeds is great, I wish the same with video (like the Spacecraft Films DVDs angles option) so we can watch TV feed or film from the LM. Maybe I just didn't find the way to do it yet. |
SpaceDust
Member Posts: 128
From: Louisville, KY
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 07-20-2019 09:57 AM
I don’t comment on websites, but this is an exception. I want to say to the people that put this website together what a great job you've done. I find it very fascinating and enjoy hearing and seeing all of this once again. Thanks for a job well done. On a side note, I hope Neil can get the LM on the surface later today. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1261
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 07-23-2019 09:53 PM
This has been a joy to have on for the last week. So many little surprises, like the pranks the crew played with the train sounds and phone calls from flight controllers! I have felt like I was drifting back in time listening to everything. I can not thank Ben enough for this endeavor! |
DG27
Member Posts: 275
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted 07-25-2019 01:45 AM
Thanks to Ben's wonderful website I was able to relive the Apollo 11 mission, hearing and seeing all the mission details and communication channels I yearned for as a kid during the mission. After being immersed in mission data on a big screen for a week I had to keep reminding myself it was 50 years ago and not happening today. Well done! |
SpaceDust
Member Posts: 128
From: Louisville, KY
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 04-25-2025 08:06 AM
I am sending this hoping Ben Feist or whomever takes care of the Apollo 11 In Real-Time website sees this. I have not been able to register myself or find any other way to get a message to him. Anyway...The Apollo 11 mission stops playing at the 192-hour mark. The following message is displayed in the video section: Video unavailable - This video contains content from VA Media, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. I hope this gets fixed soon. It's a great website and resource. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3839
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-25-2025 11:36 AM
I have checked this and have no issue viewing from 192 hours GET through to the end of the presentation. It seems particularly ironic that a U.S. viewer is blocked from viewing his nation's greatest scientific triumph.But I did note an absence of splashdown images. As has been discussed in a separate thread, at least two (slightly grainy) photographs exist showing "Columbia" splashing down. I'm sure there's a reason other than oversight for their exclusion from this wonderful archive, but it's a great pity. |
SpaceDust
Member Posts: 128
From: Louisville, KY
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 05-21-2025 10:43 AM
Seems the 192 hour plus problem has been fixed. |
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